The final stack from three days of paying calls on Seattle bookstores. Not many neglected, but all certified #WaferThinBooks . Feel free to prioritize my TBR list with any recommendations.
In Seattle for two hours and already collected a small stack of #WaferThinBooks from the legendary Magus Books Seattle.
waferthinbooks.com/2024/02/25/top… 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🧋 #TheMembranes is among the top-rated wafer-thin novels according to #WaferThinBooks 🇹🇼 Columbia Univ Press Ministry of Culture 🇹🇼 Books from Taiwan Cultural Taiwan UK
2/5 Adventures in Immediate Reality ( #MaxBlecher , trans. Michael Henry Helm). New Directions 2015 [1936]
Discovered via Neglected Books—it featured in January's #WaferThinBooks online reading group which I can't attend due to incompatible time zones. I can read the books, though.
Have you seen the superb list of reads proposed for 2024 for the #WaferThinBooks Book Club?
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“Does a writer have any real influence? I doubt it”: An interview with Max Blecher — Gh. A. Harabagiu (tr. Gabi Reigh) - another link for #WaferThinBooks Caustic Cover Critic Neglected Books
minorliteratures.com/2024/01/31/doe… via minor literature[s]
Think the vibes are telling me that Zama is next. I was wondering whether I should go down the #waferthinbooks route, but something is saying no, not just now.
In honour of Neglected Books and Caustic Cover Critic' #waferthinbooks I've decided to read a 111 page book. My first Yourcenar, which I randomly picked up for $2 last year.
Roger Allen The #WaferThinBooks reading group is not limited to neglected books, so it's not necessary to keep pointing this out.
Neglected Books Wouldn't have found it without you! Looking forward to reading the other #WaferThinBooks .
Having a chat tonight about my 3 favourite #WaferThinBooks and realised they're all quite gloomy... so have picked a fourth one, a delightful comedy, to end on a lighter note